Muhammad Ali: The Making of an Icon

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Abernathy, Ralph, 126, 150 Ali, Hana, 183 Ali, John, 95, 114, 144 Ali, Muhammad: as anti-war symbol, 122, 134, 148–149, 170–171; box-office appeal of, 30–32, 35–39, 40–48, 49–50, 51, 58–59, 63, 81, 89, 94, 113–116, 149–153; as corporate pitchman, 171, 184–185, 193, 195–196; cultural image of, 2, 7, 10–11, 15–17, 33, 40, 52–53, 62, 137–138, 154–155; employment of blacks, 17–18; feelings toward Louisville Sponsoring Group, 23, 74–75, 95–96, 114; moral authority of, 2, 8, 12, 47–48, 77–79, 86, 94–95, 134, 138–147, 149, 152–159, 162–163, 170–171, 174, 180–197; name change from Cassius Clay, 3, 86–88, 106, 124; playing the role of villain, 46–47, 50, 52–53, 58–59, 62–63, 94; professional debut of, 12–13; race leadership of, 96, 120–134; refusal to apologize to Illinois State Athletic Commission for Vietnam comments, 100–102; relationship with city of Louisville, 9–13, 15, 24, 31–33, 55, 57–58, 86–88, 124–127, 186; speaking publicly about race issues, 50–51, 53–54, 60, 64, 65, 121, 125–127; worldwide appeal of, 58–59, 85–86, 95, 111–113, 128, 152–159 Ali Story, 2–3, 7, 139, 156, 169, 171, 174, 191 Ali, Yolanda “Lonnie,” 164–168, 172–173, 178–179, 191–192, 196 American Broadcasting Company (ABC), 31, 32, 112, 113, 115 American Idol, 191 American Legion, 106–107 Arum, Bob, 95, 102, 106, 114, 118, 211n3, 217n35 Ashe, Arthur, 121 Balaban and Katz (B&K), 83–84, 108, 115 Banks, Sonny, 35, 45 Benny, Jack, 71 Bentley, Ben, 100, 213n16 Berbick, Trevor, 160 Besmanoff, Willi, 32 Bevel, James, 126 Bingham, Howard, 168, 179–180 Bingham, Worth, 67, 68, 72, 75 Black Muslims. See Nation of Islam Black Panther Party, 127, 131 Blackstone Rangers, 131 Bloomberg, Michael, 181 Boeck, Larry, 20 Bonavena, Oscar, 150–151 Bond, Julian, 121, 123, 130, 162 boxing: importance of management, 14–15; promoter turf battles in, 25, 36, 52, 84–85, 93, 107–108, 110, 113–114, 115, 216–217n35; public perception of, 16–17, 33, 34, 77, 113 Bradley, Ed, 177–178 Brenner, Teddy, 51, 217n35 Index Brooke, Edward, 129 Browitt, Jim, 86 Brown, Drew “Bundini,” 73, 158, 182 Brown, H. Rap, 128, 143 Brown, Jim, 95–97, 106, 108, 110, 115, 118, 144–145, 211n3 Brown v. Board of Education, 7 Buckley, William, 127 Burger, Warren, 152 Burke, Frank, 11 Bush, George H. W., 162 Bush, George W., 174 Byrd, Robert, 69 Cannon, Jimmy, 97, 99, 110, 116 Carbo, Frankie, 26 Carlos, John, 155 Carmichael, Stokely, 128, 129, 130, 143 Castro, Fidel, 178 Central High School, 11 Chargin, Don, 107 Cherry, Garland, 78 Chilton, William, 11 Chuvalo, George: bout with DeJohn, 56–57, 74; bout with Patterson, 71; bout with Terrell, 95, 104; box-office appeal in Toronto, 56, 105; pursuit of Louisville bout with Ali, 57–58, 104; Toronto bout with Ali, 104–109; upbringing of, 55–56 civil rights movement: effect on meaning of Liston-Patterson bout, 39; relationship to public perception of Ali, 8–9, 10, 12, 16–17, 21, 33, 50, 53–54, 58, 63, 64, 65–66, 77, 83, 95, 120–134, 170–171, 193 CKX Inc., 191–193 Clark, Frank, 107 Clark, Lamar, 31 Clark, William, 102, 213n16 Clay, Cassius, Jr. See Ali, Muhammad Clay, Cassius, Sr., 8, 9, 19, 21, 87, 164, 200n17 Clay, Odessa, 9, 21, 74, 76, 164 Clay, Rudy, 9 Clinton, Bill, 180 closed-circuit television: importance to boxing promotions, 36; logistics of, 13, 42, 51, 63, 83–85, 107–108 Coleman, J.D.S., 76–77 Combs, Bert, 13, 20 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 33, 89, 127–128, 133 Conrad, Harold, 145 Cooke, Jack Kent, 151 Cooper, Henry, 58–59, 62, 72, 85, 112 Cope, Dennis, 165–166 Cosell, Howard, 144, 157, 159, 169 Costas, Bob, 175–177, 186 Cottrell, John, 23 Cutchins, William, 69, 74–75 Dalai Lama, the, 186, 189 Daley, Arthur, 43, 99 Daley, Richard, 100–102 D’Amato, Cus, 16, 19, 26, 27, 34, 38 Daniels, Billy, 37, 45 Davidson, Gordon, 27, 60, 68–71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 96, 143 DeJohn, Mike, 56–57, 74 Dempsey, Jack, 19, 56, 81, 196–197 Dooley, Edwin, 117 Dundee, Angelo: on Ali’s relationship with Nation of Islam, 65; as Ali’s trainer, 25–26, 27; matchmaking ability of, 28, 29, 30–32, 56, 71, 74, 104; relationship with...